M.Sc.

Abstract: Programmable logic devices have replaced application specific integrated circuitsin many Applications due to lower cost, shorter time to market and hardware reconfigurability. Corresponding to this system on a programmable chip design has emerged as a major enabling technology. The implementation of satellite onboard data handling as a system on chip by the use of programmable devices will result in radical improvements and new capability.

Abstract: Since high bit rate for data transmission is required for broadband internet, High Definition TVs (HDTV) and other services, Power-Line Communications (PLC) are a technology that provides a very high-speed digital data transmission using the regular Low Voltage (LV) power lines as the transmission media. With multiple outlets in almost every room, power lines are already the most pervasive network in the home and this will reduce the cost for realization of new telecommunications networks.

Abstract: The inner shorted annular microstrip antenna (ISAMSA) is one of the different types of microstrip patches which are widely-used for their numerous advantages. These antennas have the advantage of controlling the radiation pattern by varying the inner and outer radius in the same mode .This thesis presents a study of the design parameters of inner shorted annular microstrip antennas such as the input impedance, the bandwidth, the radiation pattern and the modes that can be excited in this type of antennas using EM-Sight of Microwave Office 2000.